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Constructed as an AT-6D. |
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Circa 1942 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-34527. |
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Circa 1944 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43766 as a SNJ-5. |
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1963 |
To Robert C. Smith, Britt, IA with new c/r N3242G. |
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1966 |
To Leslie R. Stolle, Seabrook, TX keeping c/r N3242G. |
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1968 |
To Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation keeping c/r N3242G. |
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Converted to a Nakajima B5N Kate replica for the filming of the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! (1968); serial AI-313. Shipped to Honolulu on USS Yorktown with other movie aircraft. |
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1969 |
Open storage at Long Beach, CA. |
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February 1971 |
To Tallmantz Aviation Inc, Orange County, CA keeping c/r N3242G. |
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15 May 1973 |
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1985 |
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10 November 1985 |
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1987 |
Appeared in the movie Empire of the Sun. |
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20 August 1987 |
To John V. Rawson Jr, Rocky Hill, NJ keeping c/r N3242G. |
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By 1993 |
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19 August 1995 |
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25 January 2000 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NX3242G (AT-6D, 43766) issued. |
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March 2000 |
Transported by ship. |
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2001 |
Appeared in the movie Pearl Harbor. |
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26 June 2004 |
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7 November 2010 |
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9 December 2010 |
To American Air Power Herritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX keeping c/r N3242G. |
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October 2013 |
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Based at Commemorative Air Force-Gulf Coast Wing, David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH), Houston, TX. |
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Markings Applied: AI-313 |
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21 April 2017 |
To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N3242G. |
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6 April 2018 |
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6 April 2018 |
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Credits Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier... Internet Sources Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher Individual Contributors Glenn Chatfield Terry Fletcher |
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